Dragon Age: Rising

[Archon]

Felros nodded his head satisfied with the answer, finding some sense in it."Very well, I suppose I won't have much to do alone here, so I will ride with you tomorrow."

 

[Thebadgamer98]

"Day after tomorrow" Robert corrected. "I had hoped you would spend tomorrow with Elenore."

 

[Archon]

Felros raised an eyebrow at Robert,both delighted and nervous, a whole day would be more than enough time for the two to get to know each other, but they hardly had that much time to remain interested in conversation. Maybe if Robert held an event like a tournament or ball, bur such things took money, and time.Robert had neither. "For the whole day?" He asked nervously, "Do not take my words wrong,I would love to spend time with your sister, but we could hardly converse for the whole day."

 

[Thebadgamer98]

"I would not expect you to, I'm not dropping you in with no help friend" Robert laughed "I've invited the major landholders of the north hills to a dinner party in honor of the new port being finished."

 

[Archon]

Felros nodded,"Ah, I see,that makes things progressively easier, I assume the Seneschal will host it in your absence,this would be an adequate opportunity for me to get to know the knights of your lands."

 

[Thebadgamer98]

Robert raises an eyebrow "Absence?"

 

[Archon]

"You plan to pursue the bandits the day after tomorrow,surely traveling to Hillguard will take several hours? I would expect you would depart early, unless you have some means of travel I have yet to hear of."

 

[Thebadgamer98]

"I plan to leave for Hillguard day after tomorrow." Robert laughs and opens the door to the dining area.

 

[Archon]

Felros frowned,not entirely supporting the plan."You could send soldiers out now to have the problem fixed by then... Is it truly necessary to waste precious time in order to go yourself?"

 

[Thebadgamer98]

"I don't believe this force will be defeated in a single skirmish. Nevertheless, it is time for dinner." Robert says, entering the hall and moving to the table where his sister and mother are already seated and ready for dinner."

 

[Archon]

Felros followed to the ornate table, and took a seat besides Elenore,and across from Robert.Before awaiting either the food, or for someone to say something.

 

[Thebadgamer98]

Elenore smiles at Felros seductively then quickly turns her gaze back to the table and changes her facial expression before anyone else can notice her. Robert's mother, Jane, stands and proposes a toast "To strong alliances!" She says

 

[Archon]

Felros catches Elenore's smile, and returns a more polite one, before Jane stands to propose a toast, which Felros nods to. "To strong alliances!" He cheers, lifting his cup.

 

[Thebadgamer98]

Robert and Elenore stand as well and cheer to the toast, then they all set back down and Robert calls the food over.


Jane turns to Felros and says "So, Bann Felros, how have you been adjusting to your new surroundings?"

 

[Archon]

Felros sits back down among the rest, and takes a sip from his beverage. "I've managed to get familiar with my bannorn quite quickly,it isn't the largest, and in times like these, we need to know our lands." Felros answered respectively, and truthfully.

 

[Thebadgamer98]

Robert nodded and added "Very true, friend."


Jane responded with "Quite correct, young man. If you don't mind me asking, how did you earned your elevation to Bann status?"

 

[Archon]

Felros nodded towards Robert, before answering the other question. "I wasn't born with fortune like yourself, it may not be glamorous, but I was a hedge knight, my elevation was from killing the right people, or enough darkspawn. I got my orders from King Cailan - Maker watch over him- and always carried them out."

 

[Thebadgamer98]

Everyone else at the table said "Maker watch over him" along with Felros.


Jane replied "then you must have killed many darkspawn. Did you know the king well?"

 

[Archon]

Felros smirked a little, at memory of the king.v"I barely knew him at all,but I respected him, he was a good king, fighting on the front lines with his men... Takes a true king to do that. I was also one of the few lucky souls who got to attend his celebrations with the wardens, those men could drink I'll say right now... But for a young man, King Cailan tried - and failed - admirably to keep up with their drinking. I may be the only man left alive who witnessed the King in all his drunken glory..." Felros trailed off, he wasn't friends with Cailan, but he was still saddened at the good man's fate.

 

[Thebadgamer98]

Robert smiled solemnly, and mourned the king himself.


Elenore, noticing the sadness at the table, raised her glass and said "A toast to Cailin!"

 

[Archon]

Felros smiled happily, grateful for the toast from Elenore. With his eyes lingering on her for an extra second, before he spoke. "Aye, to the King!" Felros said, full of enthusiasm. Nearly all Felros's fortune was thanks to that man,it was in this moment he swore with the Maker as his witness, he would be avenged.

 

[Thebadgamer98]

(Anything else you would like to add to the dinner? Or would you like to skip to the next day?)

 

[Archon]

(We can do a time skip now)

 

[Thebadgamer98]

The dinner went well, with laughter and joy as well as sadness and regret. After dinner the group spent some time in the parlor, with a little bit of dancing as well as music and drinks. Then they retired to their bedchambers for the evening. The next morning came swiftly, and with it came more preparations for Robert, he had to prepare for the dinner, and for how the town would be while he was gone.

 

[Archon]

Felros decided he would train with his fellow 'Royal!' Guard for the morning, he had a long history with each one, all of them served him before he became a Bann, each one a great warrior in their own right. And loyal to the end, what more could he ask for? Dressed in his heavy plate,and a dulled iron blade in hand, he prepared to utilize Robert's training grounds with his loyal knights.